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Map to: Above Ground, Multi-Outlet Pipeline (431) (ft)

PRS 2.22

Summary Conservation Practices	Planned	Applied	Planned Count	Applied Count
a (OH211) (ac)
Above Ground, Multi-Outlet Pipeline (431) (ft)	20,936	4,140	23	3
Access Road (560) (ft)	4,739,610	1,998,741	2,616	1,332
Agrichemical Mixing Facility (702) (no)	634	233	286	233
Agrichemical Mixing Station, Portable (703) (no)
Agricultural Fuel Containment Facility (701) (no)	20	10	3	9
Agro Tillage (761) (ac)
Agroforestry Planting (704) (ac)
Air Management (705) (ac)	13	11,513	1	208
Alley Cropping (311) (ac)	1,541	597	186	123
Alum treatment of Poultry Litter (786) (no)	43	458	10	90
Amendments for the Treatment of Agricultural Waste (591) (ani unt)	417,060	314,190	384	134
Anaerobic Digestor, Ambient Temperature (365) (no)	4	1	4	1
Anaerobic Digestor, Controlled Temperature (366) (no)	2	3	2	3
Animal Mortality Facility (316) (no)	661	615	537	247
Animal Trails and Walkways (575) (ft)	694,901	273,856	1,343	559
Anionic Polyacrylamide (PAM) Erosion Control (450) (ac)	1,078	624	34	24
Aquaculture Ponds (397) (ac)	1,419	1,234	113	54
Atmospheric Resource Quality Management (370) (ac)	91,225	172,907	2,013	2,359
Barnyard Runoff Management (707) (no)	13	10	13	9
Bedding (310) (ac)	6,884	3,576	104	23
Bio-Filter (793) (no)
BioFilter (795) (no)
Brush Management (314) (ac)	1,680,360	882,068	22,869	11,063
Channel Bank Vegetation (322) (ac)	443	213	104	54
Channel Stabilization (584) (ft)	38,820	24,309	56	43
Cistern (708) (no)
Clearing and Snagging (326) (ft)	81,956	47,411	37	22
Closure of Waste Impoundment (360) (no)	279	181	244	157
Coastal Wetland Vegetation Establishment (710) (ac)
Composting Facility (317) (no)	30,537	836	527	388
Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan (100) (no)	6,322	4,414	5,941	4,404
Conservation Completion Incentive First Year (CCIA) (no)	939	8,078	434	1,849
Conservation Completion Incentive Second Year (CCIB) (no)	79	58	79	58
Conservation Cover (327) (ac)	4,438,910	2,960,211	141,986	90,185
Conservation Crop Rotation (328) (ac)	7,688,871	6,257,938	218,203	164,651
Conservation Plan Development (OH202) (ac)	1,652	5,140	26	130
Conservation Plan Implementation (OH204) (ac)	2,052		53
Conservation Power Plant (716) (no)	2		2
Constructed Wetland (656) (ac)	558	414	15	23
Contour Buffer Strips (332) (ac)	8,212	5,281	1,775	961
Contour Farming (330) (ac)	820,476	649,165	28,184	19,779
Contour Orchard and Other Fruit Area (331) (ac)	2,532	1,954	286	265
Controlled Livestock Lounging Area (711) (ac)	7	0	3	1
Controlled Stream access for Livestock Watering (730) (no)	1	1	1	1
Corral Dust Control (no. and ac.) (785) (no)
Cover Crop (340) (ac)	961,545	688,327	39,081	25,081
Covered Anaerobic Lagoon (735) (no)
Critical Area Planting (342) (ac)	78,665	28,572	11,618	6,104
Crop By-Product Transfer (736) (no)	7	6	7	6
Cross Slope Block Farming (750) (ac)
Cross Slope Farming (733) (ac)	193	255	32	55
Cross Wind Ridges (589A) (ac)	5,204	3,580	55	27
Cross Wind Stripcropping (589B) (ac)	459	469	1	2
Cross Wind Trap Strips (589C) (ac)	7,743	4,181	62	25
Cut Bank Stabilization (742) (ac)
Dam (402) (ac-ft)	1,152	19	26	9
Dam, Diversion (348) (no)	3,144	150	46	31
Deep Tillage (324) (ac)	82,110	66,869	1,785	1,340
Dike (356) (ft)	2,756,165	1,602,842	1,073	567
Diversion (362) (ft)	1,888,082	985,917	1,847	878
Drainage Water Management (554) (ac)	15,800	1,574	397	77
Dry Hydrant (432) (no)	16	9	16	8
Dune Stabilization (713) (ac)
Dust Control on Unpaved Roads and Surfaces (729) (sq ft)
Early Successional Habitat Development/Management (647) (ac)	1,000,831	130,757	83,883	9,918
Emergency Haying/Grazing CRP (KY200) (ac)	12,274	2,375	827	101
Energy Audit (MD201) (no)
Energy Conservation and Soil Quality Improvement System (IN200) (ac)	1,430		41
Engine Replacement (723) (no)
Enhancement - Air Resource Management (EAM) (ac)	23,903	17,246	206	160
Enhancement - Drainage Management (EDR) (ac)	2,666	693	26	8
Enhancement - Energy Management (EEM) (ac)	136,829	68,813	1,256	524
Enhancement - Grazing Management (EGM) (ac)	13,044	28,175	127	194
Enhancement - Habitat Management (EHM) (ac)	60,080	129,379	919	216
Enhancement - Nutrient Management (ENM) (ac)	144,969	119,829	1,214	654
Enhancement - Pest Management (EPM) (ac)	117,072	83,610	1,314	546
Enhancement - Plant Management (EPL) (ac)	1,182	108	3	14
Enhancement - Salinity Management (ESL) (ac)
Enhancement - Soil Management (ESM) (ac)	118,301	114,325	1,176	745
Enhancement - Special (ESP) (no)
Enhancement - Water Management (EWM) (ac)	28,551	29,186	283	94
Environmental Quality Assessment (MN252) (no)	14	10	14	10
Evaporative Cooling Pads (781) (ac)
Existing Practice Payment (EPP) (ac)	71,413	25,860	593	151
Feed Management (592) (ani unt)	18,897	14,404	55	41
Fence (382) (ft)	93,932,676	49,656,676	45,263	23,395
Field Border (386) (ft)	28,617,681	19,051,247	16,453	9,575
Filter Strip (393) (ac)	97,185	63,108	19,309	15,441
Firebreak (394) (ft)	45,500,613	18,294,344	10,115	4,138
Fish Passage (396) (mi)	249	184	101	52
Fish Raceway or Tank (398) (ft)		124		1
Fishpond Management (399) (no)	239	104	178	95
Floodproofing (714) (no)	2	2	1	1
Forage Harvest Management (511) (ac)	1,039,506	619,920	46,978	27,854
Forest Land Management (709) (ac)	1,740	4,418	15	36
Forest Slash Treatment (384) (ac)	6,928	1,084	306	86
Forest Stand Improvement (666) (ac)	913,367	446,738	21,991	8,755
Forest Trails and Landings (655) (ac)	26,869	12,591	856	341
Fuel Break (383) (ac)	1,454	448	162	36
Furrow Diking (715) (ac)
Grade Stabilization Structure (410) (no)	22,031	6,351	6,491	4,510
Grade Stabilization Structure-Tire Bales (790) (no)
Grass Buffer Strip (741) (ac)	1,724	1,100	220	111
Grassed Waterway (412) (ac)	100,979	135,364	20,429	13,076
Grazing Land Mechanical Treatment (548) (ac)	182,149	10,259	1,355	137
Grazing Management Plan (OH228) (no)	1,128	540	185	89
Heavy Use Area Protection (561) (ac)	173,086	113,605	13,037	6,295
Hedgerow Planting (422) (ft)	417,991	287,411	443	236
Herbaceous Wind Barriers (603) (ft)	6,475,875	4,891,188	184	26
Hillside Bench (739) (ac)
Hillside Ditch (423) (ft)	195,590	77,886	111	56
Improved Water Application (743) (ac)		77		2
Incinerator (769) (no)	2	16	2	14
Individual Terrace (751) (ac)
Infiltration Ditches (753) (ft)	1,747	699	24	10
Invasive Plant Species Control (797) (ac)	3,451	1,334	186	60
Invasive Species Pest Management (MN295) (ac)
Irrigation Canal or Lateral (320) (ft)	22,014	9,279	10	9
Irrigation Field Ditch (388) (ft)	188,272	77,829	116	63
Irrigation Land Leveling (464) (ac)	145,669	100,146	3,286	2,248
Irrigation Regulating Reservoir (552) (no)	337	159	300	159
Irrigation Storage Reservoir (436) (ac-ft)	5,821	5,706	111	75
Irrigation System, Microirrigation (441) (ac)	83,147	50,962	2,522	1,654
Irrigation System, Sprinkler (442) (ac)	639,763	483,780	8,091	5,370
Irrigation System, Surface and Subsurface (443) (ac)	132,400	78,147	4,021	2,423
Irrigation System, Tailwater Recovery (447) (no)	9,178	142	175	140
Irrigation Water Conveyance (430) (ft)	10,164	15,935	16	16
Irrigation Water Conveyance, Anionic Polyacrylamide Ditch and Canal Treatment (754) (ft)	7,012	7,012	2	2
Irrigation Water Conveyance, Corrugated Metal Pipeline (780) (ft)	810	46	10	1
Irrigation Water Conveyance, Corrugated, Ribbed or Profile wall thermal pipeline (794) (ft)	7,397	8,923	4	1
Irrigation Water Conveyance, Ditch and Canal Lining, Flexible Membrane (428B) (ft)	3,875	1,720	8	2
Irrigation Water Conveyance, Ditch and Canal Lining, Galvanized Steel (428C) (ft)
Irrigation Water Conveyance, Ditch and Canal Lining, Plain Concrete (428A) (ft)	911,645	833,508	838	722
Irrigation Water Conveyance, On-Ground Aluminum Pipleline (776) (ft)
Irrigation Water Conveyance, Pipeline, Aluminum Tubing (430AA) (ft)	26,350	20,867	28	12
Irrigation Water Conveyance, Pipeline, Asbestos-Cement (430BB) (ft)
Irrigation Water Conveyance, Pipeline, High-Pressure, Underground, Plastic (430DD) (ft)	17,494,028	8,540,973	5,453	3,635
Irrigation Water Conveyance, Pipeline, Low-Pressure, Underground, Plastic (430EE) (ft)	3,610,588	2,440,631	2,621	1,716
Irrigation Water Conveyance, Pipeline, Nonreinforced Concrete (430CC) (ft)	35,123	24,673	19	13
Irrigation Water Conveyance, Pipeline, Reinforced Plastic Mortar (430GG) (ft)	2,300	40	1	1
Irrigation Water Conveyance, Pipeline, Rigid Gated Pipeline (430HH) (ft)	1,167,548	864,008	1,085	779
Irrigation Water Conveyance, Pipeline, Steel (430FF) (ft)	8,573	11,465	121	91
Irrigation Water Conveyance-modular Polyethylene Ditch & Canal Lining (788) (ft)
Irrigation Water Management (449) (ac)	1,841,710	1,349,450	31,538	21,366
Land Clearing (460) (ac)	3,224	609	312	148
Land Grading (744) (ac)	464	763	7	6
Land Reclamation, Fire Control (451) (no)
Land Reclamation, Highwall Treatment (456) (ft)
Land Reclamation, Landslide Treatment (453) (ac)	61	96	1	2
Land Reclamation, Toxic Discharge Control (455) (no)
Land Reconstruction, Abandoned Mined Land (543) (ac)	75	63	3	2
Land Reconstruction, Brine Damaged Land (773) (ac)
Land Reconstruction, Currently Mined Land (544) (ac)	282		6
Land Smoothing (466) (ac)	11,487	4,981	479	233
Lined Waterway or Outlet (468) (ft)	129,636	98,643	439	328
Livestock Cooling Pond (779) (no)
Livestock Shade Structure (717) (no)	1,986	16	53	14
Livestock Use Area Protection (757) (ac)	1,941	286	22	60
Long Term No. Till (778) (ac)	846	1,387	112	108
Managed Haying/Grazing (KY201) (ac)	21,708	3,070	1,151	161
Manure Transfer (634) (no)	31,654	9,085	2,666	1,769
Milking Center Wastewater Treatment System (719) (no)		8		8
Mine Shaft and Adit Closing (457) (no)
Mole Drain (482) (ft)
Monitoring Well (353) (no)	14		12
Mulching (484) (ac)	60,239	66,907	3,806	2,574
Multi-Story Cropping (379) (ac)	33	26	6	4
Native Plant Community Restoration and Management (767) (ac)
Nutrient Management (590) (ac)	7,843,051	5,442,733	246,652	163,730
Obstruction Removal (500) (ac)	22,366	45,539	510	271
Open Channel (582) (ft)	95,916	66,525	61	35
Pasture and Hay Planting (512) (ac)	854,247	616,489	41,732	22,142
Pathogen Management (783) (ac)	5	7	5	5
Pathogen Management (NY201) (no)
Pest Management (595) (ac)	9,510,308	7,738,138	234,335	146,396
Pipeline (516) (ft)	37,992,103	23,386,918	25,348	14,709
Planned Grazing System (762) (ac)	1,946	2,071	4	11
Pond (378) (no)	9,731	2,946	5,950	2,826
Pond Sealing and Lining, Soil Cement (740) (no)	15	1	6	1
Pond Sealing or Lining, Bentonite Sealant (521C) (no)	66	29	64	26
Pond Sealing or Lining, Compacted Clay Treatment (521D) (no)	59	10,181	56	14
Pond Sealing or Lining, Flexible Membrane (521A) (no)	82	31	79	29
Pond Sealing or Lining, Soil Dispersant (521B) (no)	51	24	50	24
Pothole-Wetland for Wildlife (774) (ac)	19	103	3	18
Precision Land Forming (462) (ac)	9,050	5,709	343	186
Precision Pest Control Application (718) (ac)
Prescribed Burning (338) (ac)	1,274,499	393,775	29,744	5,713
Prescribed Forestry (409) (ac)	137,506	69,871	1,943	540
Prescribed Grazing (528) (ac)	22,472,407	14,758,381	150,095	77,854
Prescribed Grazing (528A) (ac)	961,969	2,993,185	3,334	15,499
Pumped Well Drain (532) (no)
Pumping Plant (533) (no)	3,641	3,235	3,514	1,991
Range Planting (550) (ac)	547,619	387,753	8,142	6,560
Rangeland Fertilization (721) (ac)		50		1
Record Keeping (748) (no)	2,893	1,608	395	407
Recreation Area Improvement (562) (ac)	10,154	3,034	64	41
Recreation Land Grading and Shaping (566) (ac)	1,238	269	17	3
Recreation Trail and Walkway (568) (ft)	310,204	52,917	101	24
Reduced Water and Energy Coffee Conveyance System (737) (no)	7	7	7	7
Residue and Tillage Management, Mulch Till (345) (ac)	2,738,346	1,642,332	66,225	37,942
Residue and Tillage Management, No-Till/Strip Till/Direct Seed (329) (ac)	3,236,419	2,018,222	96,761	56,425
Residue and Tillage Management, Ridge Till (346) (ac)	22,984	13,734	430	212
Residue Management -Direct Seed (777) (ac)	844	49,395	20	582
Residue Management, Mulch Till (329B) (ac)	171,812	604,791	3,996	13,313
Residue Management, No-Till/Strip Till (329A) (ac)	186,593	867,349	7,268	22,931
Residue Management, Ridge Till (329C) (ac)	3,528	13,872	64	309
Residue Management, Seasonal (344) (ac)	2,085,904	1,607,926	44,910	31,622
Restoration and Management of Natural Ecosystems (766) (ac)	41	729	20	61
Restoration and Management of Rare and Declining Habitats (643) (ac)	203,367	251,387	6,264	6,602
Restoration of Compacted Soils (775) (ac)
Rice Water Control (746) (ac)
Rinsate Management (764) (cu ft)	1		1
Riparian Buffers - Vegetative (759) (ac)		1		1
Riparian Forest Buffer (391) (ac)	116,623	122,343	8,520	7,608
Riparian Herbaceous Cover (390) (ac)	13,901	10,939	1,089	772
Road/Landing Removal (722) (ac)	22	5	2	5
Rock Barrier (555) (ft)	700	650	2	1
Roof Runoff Structure (558) (no)	7,089	2,172	1,275	485
Roofing for Runoff Control (724) (sq ft)
Row Arrangement (557) (ac)	54,466	28,962	1,561	681
Runoff Management System (570) (ac)	424	298	25	10
Salinity and Sodic Soil Management (610) (ac)	146,147	86,395	2,234	1,335
Sediment Basin (350) (no)	502	357	396	256
Shallow Water Development and Management (646) (ac)	29,737	21,139	1,042	787
Shellfish Aquaculture Management (706) (ac)	201	247	89	56
Silage Leachate Collection and Transfer (765) (cu ft)	17,201	1	5	1
Silvopasture Establishment (381) (ac)	2,149	690	53	18
Silvopasture Establishment (791) (ac)
Silvopasture Management (792) (ac)
Sinkhole and Sinkhole Area Treatment (725) (no)	36	28	26	23
Slope Roughening (726) (ac)
Snow Fence (770) (ft)
Snow Harvesting (727) (ac)
Soil Salinity Control (738) (ac)		1,764		27
Soil Salinity Management-Nonirrigated (571) (ac)	93	4,264	3	83
Solid Waste Separation Facility (796) (no)
Solid/Liquid Waste Separation Facility (632) (no)	85	17	78	16
Spoil Spreading (572) (ac)	18,395	19,141	19	12
Spring Development (574) (no)	2,429	1,174	2,126	1,065
Stewardship Payment (SP) (ac)	71,459	25,212	594	146
Storage Facility-Nursery Substrate (782) (no)
Storm Water Wet Detention/ Chemical Treatment System (787) (no)		1		1
Stream Corridor Improvement (745) (ft)		5		1
Stream Crossing (578) (no)	4,693	768	1,791	642
Stream Crossing (728) (no)	51	1,333	45	49
Stream Habitat Improvement and Management (395) (ac)	42,122	19,111	502	367
Streambank and Shoreline Protection (580) (ft)	1,318,041	884,435	1,326	893
Strip - Intercropping (758) (ac)
Stripcropping (585) (ac)	43,603	30,002	2,705	1,689
Stripcropping, Field (586) (ac)	32	250	4	14
Structure for Water Control (587) (no)	47,531	17,463	6,676	4,199
Subsurface Drain (606) (ft)	8,290,597	5,458,487	3,312	2,510
Surface Drainage, Field Ditch (607) (ft)	335,227	96,730	137	59
Surface Drainage, Main or Lateral (608) (ft)	430,085	73,178	202	27
Surface Flooding of Organic Soils (756) (ac)
Surface Roughening (609) (ac)	244,035	130,357	2,799	1,471
Surface Wetting (760) (ac)		1		1
TA Application (912) (no)	11,541	42,067	898	748
TA Check-Out (913) (no)	11,426	36,923	910	816
TA Design (911) (no)	16,509	56,649	1,221	1,184
TA Planning (910) (no)	317	108	217	105
Temporary Steel Windbreak (771) (no)		10		10
Terrace (600) (ft)	52,386,987	32,450,782	9,627	6,762
Toxic Salt Reduction (610) (ac)	137	4,927	6	149
Transition to Organic Production (789) (ac)	8,701	8,847	860	847
Tree/Shrub Establishment (612) (ac)	283,116	199,276	18,262	12,856
Tree/Shrub Pruning (660) (ac)	45,652	7,047	1,722	295
Tree/Shrub Site Preparation (490) (ac)	194,639	147,555	8,921	5,881
Underground Outlet (620) (ft)	6,612,749	4,829,430	5,640	3,911
Upland Wildlife Habitat Management (645) (ac)	17,815,576	13,510,417	242,188	157,159
Use Exclusion (472) (ac)	2,647,805	1,821,028	88,434	59,931
Vegetated Sinkhole Buffer (768) (ac)
Vegetative Barrier (601) (ft)	84,143	19,705	107	40
Vertical Drain (630) (no)	84	148	42	39
Waste Facility Cover (367) (no)	50	9	49	9
Waste Field Storage Area (749) (no)	122	65	122	65
Waste Management System (312) (no)	8	13	8	13
Waste Storage Facility (313) (no)	3,792	2,318	2,956	2,243
Waste Treatment (629) (no)	51	25	46	7
Waste Treatment Lagoon (359) (no)	237	102	231	101
Waste Utilization (633) (ac)	514,637	358,757	20,572	13,987
Waste Water & Feedlot Runoff Control (784) (ac)	20	297	12	72
Waste Water Irrigation (732) (ac)
Wastewater Treatment Strip (635) (ac)	665	87	218	81
Water and Sediment Control Basin (638) (no)	9,633	5,821	2,622	1,997
Water Harvesting Catchment (636) (no)	103	25	93	23
Water Well (642) (no)	11,370	4,177	4,610	3,084
Watering Facility (614) (no)	68,422	24,920	31,929	17,453
Waterspreading (640) (ac)	3,374		20
Well Decommissioning (351) (no)	926	885	514	460
Well Plugging (755) (no)	2	5	2	5
Well Testing (731) (no)
Well Water Testing (355) (no)	31	17	25	8
Wetland Creation (658) (ac)	6,573	6,554	412	423
Wetland Enhancement (659) (ac)	115,186	96,373	1,717	1,559
Wetland Restoration (657) (ac)	201,508	182,560	7,566	7,348
Wetland Wildlife Habitat Management (644) (ac)	731,315	503,133	12,638	10,075
Wildlife Watering Facility (648) (no)	720	1,022	633	802
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Establishment (380) (ft)	10,588,411	9,315,060	5,829	4,456
Windbreak/Shelterbelt Renovation (650) (ft)	402,091	298,714	211	145
Woodland Pruning (763) (ac)

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Map Description: The shaded polygon map shows the distribution (in "units" by county) of the selected practice applied through assistance provided by the conservation partnership.

Uses: This report can be used to determine broad distribution trends in service provided to customers by the conservation partnership.

Cautions: This report does not show sufficient detail to enable evaluation of site-specific conditions (e.g., privately-owned farms and ranches) and is intended to reflect general trends.

Data Quality and Validation: Data contained within this report are continually undergoing review and validation and are subject to change without notification.

Information: This report was generated on Monday, March 16, 2009. The report database was last updated on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 2:03 PM.

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Definitions:

Fiscal Year: Based on the federal fiscal year of October 1 to September 30. Fiscal year data is also broke into three month increments referred to as quarters (Oct-Dec, Jan-March, April-June, and July-Sept).

Comprehensive Nutrient Management Plan (CNMP): A conservation system that is unique to animal feeding operations. It includes a set of conservation practices and management activities that address natural resource concerns dealing with manure and organic by-products, and their potential impacts on water quality. A CNMP addresses the following elements: 1. Manure and Wastewater Handling and Storage; 2. Land Treatment Practices; 3. Nutrient Management; 4. Recordkeeping; 5. Feed Management; and, 6. Other Utilization Activities. A CNMP would be constructed to meet specific criteria for the first four elements. The last two elements are planning considerations and do not have a specific set of criteria associated with them.

Conservation Practice: A specific treatment, such as a structural or vegetative measure, or management technique, commonly used to meet specific needs in planning and implementing conservation, for which standards and specifications have been developed. Conservation practices are contained in the FOTG, Section IV, which is based on the National Handbook of Conservation Practices (NHCP).

National Handbook of Conservation Practices (NHCP): An NRCS Document establishing national standards for conservation practices commonly used to treat natural resource problems associated with soil, water, air, plants and animals. These standards are further defined in local Field Office Technical Guides to establish the specific standards for local conditions.

Field Office Technical Guide (FOTG or e-FOTG): Technical guides are primary technical references for NRCS. They contain technical information about the conservation of soil, water, air, plant, and animal resources. Technical guides used in any office are to be localized so that they apply specifically to an identified geographic area. These documents are referred to as Field Office Technical Guides (FOTG's) or, electronically as e-FOTG's.